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Vigilante Militias Spread Across Rio de Janeiro: Homicides in the West Zone Increase by 44% Highlighting a New Criminal Landscape Where Drug Traffickers and Militias Collide

By Joaquim da Silva • Translation by Aaron Scott • April 29, 2024

Clique aqui para Português The phenomenon of police officers operating outside the law and organizing armed groups in Rio de Janeiro is not a recent one, with records dating back to at least the 1950s. […]

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This Memory Will Not Be Erased: Six Years Without Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes

By Cynthia Rachel Pereira Lima • Translation by Nathan Bergrin • March 21, 2024

Clique aqui para Português On March 14, 2018, six years ago, a barbaric crime took the lives of Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. A date that will never be […]

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The Victory of Marielle Franco’s Successors in Rio’s Elections

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Felicity Clarke • October 29, 2022

Clique aqui para Português Citizens of Rio de Janeiro state had a shock on the night of October 2, or at least those that believed the opinion polls. The margin of error was much greater […]

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Favela Organizers Host Historic March with Former President and Presidential Candidate Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva in Complexo do Alemão [IMAGES]

By Jeferson Rodrigues, Tatiana Lima • Translation by Isaac Goodwin • October 19, 2022

Clique aqui para Português On the Brazilian holiday of October 12—the Day of Our Lady of Conception—a rally in support of presidential candidate Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva took place on Itararé Road, one of […]

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What Proposals do Candidates for Governor Have for Rio’s Favelas?

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Isaac Goodwin, Yasmin Quaife • September 30, 2022

Clique aqui para Português Brazil will hold the first round of its 2022 presidential and gubernatorial elections this Sunday, October 2. In this special report, RioOnWatch compiles the policy proposals of all Rio de Janeiro’s […]

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